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Gong Gong Gong kicked off the night with a set of unassuming, almost southern tinged, galloping rock. The Beijing based duo traded riffing melodies back and forth on their instruments, and I was surprised to see a hollowbody guitar used mainly for percussive elements. It totally worked for them but I desperately wanted another musician […]

Show Date: February 16th, 2018 While the venue was still filling up, Heron Oblivion filled the room with a wall of psychedelic sound accentuated with the soft reverby vocals of drummer and singer Meg Baird. The band’s penchant for whammy bar dueling on their Fender Jaguars was mesmerizing and at times flirted with being a bit […]

Whether you’re into crunchy guitars or dance parties, this weekend has it all! You simply MUST stop your Winter Netflix Binge Fest 2018 and go out on the town this Friday. “We’re gonna have some fun, show you how it’s done, T.G.I.F.” First up we recommend Parquet Courts and Thurston Moore at the Showbox! Have […]

Lyrical wonder from down under, Courtney Barnett, and American soothing singer-songwriter Kurt Vile have teemed up for a new album, Lotta Sea Lice, and you don’t want to miss them when they hit Seattle this weekend! After meeting on the festival circuit Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile were both taken by each other’s songwriting abilities […]

As a wee pre-teen in ’96, my first introduction to Lush was “Single Girl“ off a free comp called Alternative Summer. It was a swift 90s pop number with gorgeous girl harmonies, jangly riffs, and an abrupt finish that called for an immediate replay on my boombox. This track along with Ash’s “Goldfinger” were my very first […]

UPDATE: The lineup has been announced, and it's a doozy! The Long Winters performing When I Pretend to Fall, Nada Surf performing Let Go, Jesse Sykes and The Sweet Hereafter, Menomena — plus tons of other bands and special guests! The links below have all been updated, and non-VIP wristbands are available to get you […]

It’s all happening! ***UPDATE*** Since this post, two stellar things have come to pass: one, Quasi and Rocky Votolato have been added to the line-up, which has taken the night from full-throttle amazing-style to absolute non-negotiable — and two, we’ve got not one, but two pairs of tickets to give away to the show! We’ll […]

As promised, we sent imaginary photog Jason Tang out to see the Foals / Freelance Whales / Naked and Famous show earlier this week — for what turned out to be a truly awesome sold-out show. Here’s the shots to prove it! The Naked and Famous: Freelance Whales: Foals: {Check out more shots from Monday […]

I hadn’t paid too much attention to the music of Sia Furler until I started managing her home country, Australia, in the Pop World Cup. After going back and listening to her very good and breakthrough 2008 album Some People have Real Problems, I found myself impressed, but even more so with her next album, We […]

Next week (April 15 to be exact), the much-buzzed-about UK avant-pop act Florence and the Machine will be in town to surely please the audience at the Showbox at the Market. As though it wasn’t exciting enough, we have a pair of tickets to giveaway to see Florence, along with a signed copy of her […]